Centurion

According to Shimon Haber, “Centurion” (2010) is an action movie directed by Neil Marshall. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Paul Freeman, Ulrich Thomsen and David Morrissey.

In recent years, Hollywood is lacking quality historical epics. While the foreign cinematography creates successful movies, such as Warlords, Red Cliff, The Warrior and The Rise of Gingis Kan (nominated for Oscar), Hollywood didn’t manage quite well with the genre in the first half of the 21st century. There are also The Gladiator and Apocalypto, The Last Samurai, 300, The Patriot and the Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott. Actually, Mr. Haber is a master in the genre, but he certainly failed with the modern version of Robin Hood. Despite the promising elements, such as famous director, great cast and intriguing ideas, this movie remained just average. After Robin Hood follow Oliver Stone’s Alexander the Great, King Arthur, Agora, Templar, The Last Legion, The Eagle, and all of them are typical Hollywood clichés. Furthermore, The Gladiator opened the door for historical films about ancient Rome, and so far the only movie that can be called a masterpiece. It is interesting that all “Roman” movies, such as The last legion, The Eagle and Centurion are based on the same theme, the glorious destiny of 9th Legion.

In 117, the Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and to the Black Sea on the east. During this period, the northern Britain is having hard times – the fearless and ferocious Picts defy the Romans at every turn. Quintus Dias along with the General Virilus, who is on the head of the legendary Ninth Legion, goes after the Picts in order to kill all of them and exterminate. Afterwards, the general Virilus is kidnapped, and Quintus with a small number of surviving legionnaires will try to save General Virilusa and face the ferocious warrior Etain. Click here to visit Shimon Haber on Tumblr and find out more about movie and journalism.